Typhoon Maysak, the ninth of the season and the fourth to hit the peninsula this year, was among the strongest to strike Korea in years, and is expected to affect most of North and South Korea.

Their ship, the Gulf Livestock 1, had sent a distress call from the west of Amami-Oshima island in southwestern Japan last Wednesday as Typhoon Maysak lashed the area with strong winds and heavy seas.

A few days later, on September 3rd, Typhoon Maysak struck South Korea. It was at 952.5hPa as it passed through Tongyeong City, the second-lowest pressure in South Korean weather data history ...